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The implementation plan for Burlington’s Neighborhood
Revitalization Strategy is outlined below, together with the actions
that the City proposes to take in Program Year 2007 with its CDBG
and HOME resources.
A. Stimulate and support business growth/development on Riverside
Ave., Smart Growth area, North Street area and downtown.
Implementation Plan:
- Aggressively market the RC and Downtown tax incentives
- Continue the Smart Growth initiative
- Support small business development with technical and
financial assistance
- Generally
- For particular groups – refugees and women
- To meet identified local needs (i,e., a hardware store,
grocery store)
- Support business development through the availability of
telecommunications infrastructure (Burlington Telecom)
Annual Action Plan – Program Year 2007
The City will fund the
following projects and programs with CDBG and HOME funds in program year 2007 to further this
strategy:
| Project Title |
Relation to Consolidated Plan
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CDBG Funds Budgeted |
HOME Funds Budgeted |
Other Funds Budgeted |
Projected Accomplishments |
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Business Financing & Technical
Assistance |
Promote economic
independence for entrepreneurs by providing them technical
assistance and access to capital to start or expand their businesses
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$106,000 |
$0 |
$56,000 |
Provide information, financing and/or technical
assistance to 195 people |
| Help to start 10 new businesses and retain/expand
10 businesses |
| Create/retain
90 jobs |
| Close 3 loans |
| Promote
Renewal
Community and
Designated Downtown tax incentives |
Maintain the
Commercial Space database.
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request a copy. |
| Distribute guide to
Doing Business in Burlington |
| Assist refugee entrepreneurs |
| Promote
Livable
Wage Toolkit |
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Neighborhood Revitalization |
Remove
blight and encourage reinvestment in the Neighborhood Revitalization
Strategy Area by rebuilding the physical, social and economic
infrastructure. |
$22,000 |
$0 |
$589,850 |
Facade
improvement, new commercial/retail capacity, and archeological
resource management on North Street |
| Apply for new
downtown designation for North St. and No. Winooski Ave. corridor |
| Apply for and
manage Sales Tax Reallocation Program and Downtown Transportation
Grant projects |
| Plan, develop and
manage transportation infrastructure projects |
| Heritage tourism
and historic preservation grants and activities |
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Sustainable Economic Development
Strategies |
General financial and technical
assistance to small and large businesses; targeted assistance to
employers with livable wage jobs and to businesses playing a key
role to downtown vitality; development of affordable space for small
and micro businesses; waterfront development; and redevelopment of
vacant or abandoned property |
$100,000 |
$0 |
$34,185,000 |
Provide assistance
to 100 businesses in accessing Renewal Community and Designated
Downtown incentives |
| Create/retain 200
jobs |
B. Support workforce development and asset building
opportunities for low and moderate-income residents.
Implementation Plan:
- Increase EITC marketing and the availability of free tax
prep sites.
- Work with the National League of Cities on its Family Asset
Building initiative, with the Annie E. Casey Foundation on its
Rural Family Economic Success initiative, and with the community
partnership on the Women in Poverty / Circles of Support
initiative.
- Continue to support the Champlain Housing Trust and
its NeighborWorks HomeOwnership Center, the Burlington Housing
Authority’s Section 8 HomeOwnership Program, Habitat for
Humanity projects and other homeownership opportunities.
- Support job training opportunities such as those offered by
ReCycle North and entrepreneurial training opportunities such as
those offered by the Women’s Small Business Program.
Annual Action Plan – Program Year 2007
The City will fund the following projects and programs with
CDBG and HOME funds in program
year 2007 to further this strategy:
| Project Title |
Relation to Consolidated Plan
|
CDBG Funds Budgeted |
HOME Funds Budgeted |
Other Funds Budgeted |
Projected Accomplishments |
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Burlington
Housing Initiatives Program |
Sliding scale loans for emergency home repairs, grants for
residential accessibility modifications, free paint, special
projects grants for homeless shelters, down payment assistance, lead
paint abatemechnical and funding support for housing production and
rehabilitation |
$101,510 |
$503,314 |
$5,302,410 |
Down payment
assistance for 29 home/duplex buyers |
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Pursue
policy-related implementation strategies for this priority |
| Administer the City's
inclusionary
zoning and housing replacement ordinances |
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Champlain
Housing Trust |
Organizational support for program delivery costs
and for project costs of
nonprofit housing developers |
$95,492 |
$493,000
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$18,367,860
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Assist new Burlington homeowners
through the Homeownership Center |
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Complete reconstruction,
marketing and sale of a single-family home on Crowley St. |
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Administer and market
22 new
inclusionary owner-occupied units in the NRSA |
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Convert 10 rental units to condos
and construct a new duplex condominium at Blodgett and North St. |
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Grants for perpetual affordability
for 11 new homes at the Burlington Co-Housing project |
| ReCycle North
Waste-Not-Products |
Provide employment and training to homeless
individuals and others in transition, reduce the amount of reusable
and repairable household items dumped in landfills and make vital
household goods available to low-income residents |
$7,500 |
$0 |
$48,000 |
Launch new
business venture manufacturing and selling products made from
salvaged materials |
| Create 1 job |
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Sustainable Economic Development
Strategies |
General financial and technical
assistance to small and large businesses; targeted assistance to
employers with livable wage jobs and to businesses playing a key
role to downtown vitality; development of affordable space for small
and micro businesses; waterfront development; and redevelopment of
vacant or abandoned property |
$100,000 |
$0 |
$34,185,000 |
Participate in employer roundtables
on workforce training, identify 2 new training programs for
livable wage jobs and start 1 program |
| Women’s Small Business Program |
Foster economic independence by giving women the
skills needed for entrepreneurial success |
$9,000 |
$0 |
$71,000 |
Provide technical assistance to 15 entrepreneurs
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| 11 business
start-ups/businesses revitalized |
| YouthBuild |
Build and rehabilitate affordable housing while
training and educating at-risk and out-of-school youth |
$19,500 |
$60,000 |
$113,725 |
Reconstruct a single family home
at 33 Lafountain Street |
| Train 13 youth |
C. Create and preserve decent, safe and affordable housing in
the Target Area.
Implementation Plan:
- Continue to offer accessibility modification, emergency
repair, free paint and other housing rehab programs in the
Target Area.
- Assist the development of new affordable housing in the
Target Area.
- Continue to reduce lead hazards in housing in the Target
Area.
Annual Action Plan – Program Year 2007
The City will fund the following projects and programs with
CDBG and HOME funds in program
year 2007 to further this strategy:
| Project Title |
Relation to Consolidated Plan
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CDBG Funds Budgeted |
HOME Funds Budgeted |
Other Funds Budgeted |
Projected Accomplishments |
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Brownfields Redevelopment Initiatives |
Redevelop unused/underutilized sites stigmatized by
real or perceived environmental contamination |
$37,000 |
$0 |
$95,000 |
Begin clean-up at 151 So.
Champlain (12 units) |
| Begin assessment at Brown's Court
(25 units) |
| Remediation at 131 Battery St. (12
units) |
| Mitigate soil at BankNorth site
(20 units) |
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Burlington Housing Initiatives Program |
Sliding scale loans for emergency home repairs, grants for
residential accessibility modifications, free paint, special
projects grants for homeless shelters, down payment assistance, lead
paint hazard reduction, technical and funding support for housing
production and rehabilitation |
$100.510 |
$503,314 |
$5,302,410 |
Provide technical / financial assistance to rehab
6 apartments through RePAIR |
| Provide emergency loans for 8
units |
| Provide CDBG and HOME loans for homeowner rehab
of 18 units |
| Provide paint grants for
20 units |
| Reduce lead hazards in
20 units |
| Pursue policy-related implementation strategies
for this priority |
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Champlain Housing Trust |
Organizational support for program delivery costs
and for project costs of
nonprofit housing developers and HOME funds for project costs |
$95,492
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$493,000 |
$18,367,860 |
Begin construction on mixed-use
redevelopment of the BankNorth property to include 20 affordable
co-ops |
| Administer and market 22 new inclusionary
units in the NRSA |
| Grants for perpetual affordability
for 11 new homes at the Burlington Co-Housing project |
| Complete reconstruction, marketing
and sale of a single-family home on Crowley St. |
| Construct a new duplex condominium at Blodgett
and North St. |
| Complete the renovatin of 28
scattered site affordable rental units on or around North St. |
| Refinance and renovate 49 scattered site
affordable rentals in the Old North End |
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YouthBuild |
Build and rehabilitate affordable housing while
training and educating at-risk and out-of-school youth |
$19,500 |
$60,000 |
$113,725 |
Reconstruct a single family home
at 33 Lafountain Street |
| Train 13 youth |
D. Enhance a suitable living environment in Target Area
neighborhoods through infrastructure improvements and public safety
and quality of life organizing efforts.
Implementation Plan:
- Continue to support the Burlington Neighborhood Project.
Annual Action Plan – Program Year 2007
The City will fund the following projects and programs with
CDBG and HOME funds in program
year 2007 to further this strategy:
| Project Title |
Relation to Consolidated Plan |
CDBG Funds Budgeted |
HOME Funds Budgeted |
Other Funds Budgeted |
Projected Accomplishments |
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Burlington Neighborhood Project |
Promote actual and perceived public safety in
Burlington’s low-income neighborhoods |
$17,500 |
$0 |
$133,000 |
Assist 51 existing neighborhood
associations; provide leadership development trainings; help to
distribute public safety grant monies for buying items such as
deadbolt locks and motion sensor lights; support special initiatives
such as Spring Move Out, traffic calming, and public safety forums |
Page last updated
May 21, 2007
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